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Torii Kiyonobu I

1664 - 1729

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Torii Kiyonobu I (Japanese: 鳥居 清信; c. 1664 – 22 August 1729) was a Japanese painter and printmaker in the ukiyo-e style, who is renowned for his work on kabuki signboards and related materials. Along with his father Torii Kiyomoto, he is said to have been one of the founders of the Torii school of painting. Known in childhood as Shōbei, young Kiyonobu was the second son of the established Osaka kabuki actor and painter Torii Kiyomoto, born in 1664. He moved, with his father, to Edo (modern Tokyo) when he was twenty-four, and emerged there as a major artist with a unique style. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Torii Kiyonobu I is the 1,298th most popular painter (down from 1,261st in 2019), the 995th most popular biography from Japan (down from 938th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Japanese Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Torii Kiyonobu I ranks 1,298 out of 2,023. Before him are Bernard Picart, Salomon Gessner, Max Weber, Albert Küchler, Jan Mostaert, and Eustache Le Sueur. After him are Vilhelms Purvītis, Josef Mánes, Daniele Crespi, Georges Vantongerloo, Adam van Noort, and Oswaldo Guayasamín.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1664, Torii Kiyonobu I ranks 15. Before him are Praskovia Saltykova, Magnus Stenbock, Arvid Horn, Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg, Alvise Pisani, and János Pálffy. After him are Margherita Maria Farnese, Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, and Marfa Apraksina. Among people deceased in 1729, Torii Kiyonobu I ranks 16. Before him are John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Johann David Heinichen, Anthony Collins, Louis Antoine de Noailles, Ernst Ludwig II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and William Congreve. After him are Giacomo F. Maraldi, Samuel Clarke, Attilio Ariosti, Elisabeth Eleonore of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Richard Steele, and Jean Hardouin.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Torii Kiyonobu I ranks 995 out of 6,245. Before him are Yuko Shimizu (1946), Tatsumi Kimishima (1950), Koichi Tohei (1920), Kan Kikuchi (1888), Magdalene of Nagasaki (1611), and Mikio Sato (1928). After him are Yoshinori Shigematsu (1930), Masabumi Hosono (1870), Naoya Shiga (1883), Chiyonofuji Mitsugu (1955), Hiromi Kawakami (1958), and Nobuko Jashima (1959).

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Among PAINTERS In Japan

Among painters born in Japan, Torii Kiyonobu I ranks 19. Before him are Kanō Eitoku (1543), Hasegawa Tōhaku (1539), On Kawara (1932), Torii Kiyonaga (1752), Kanō Motonobu (1476), and Tawaraya Sōtatsu (1570). After him are Kanō Tan'yū (1602), Unkei (1151), Tarō Okamoto (1911), Kuroda Seiki (1866), Ogata Kenzan (1663), and Toyohara Chikanobu (1838).

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